Read Edit View history 走 zǒu HSK1 walk Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Originally written as 夭, depicting a person swaying their arms (夭) while walking quickly. The foot component 止 was added later. Pinyin Separate values with commas zǒu × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Depicts a person walking quickly. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 走 Simp strokes 走 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Depicts a foot. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 走 Simp strokes 走 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 走 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 314, 607 ], [ 343, 601 ], [ 415, 605 ], [ 636, 652 ], [ 692, 654 ] ], [ [ 475, 821 ], [ 521, 783 ], [ 514, 509 ], [ 498, 485 ] ], [ [ 165, 413 ], [ 225, 407 ], [ 368, 440 ], [ 752, 499 ], [ 785, 499 ], [ 846, 484 ] ], [ [ 487, 434 ], [ 519, 409 ], [ 513, 196 ], [ 531, 163 ] ], [ [ 547, 287 ], [ 580, 303 ], [ 686, 327 ], [ 733, 323 ] ], [ [ 323, 345 ], [ 350, 303 ], [ 307, 203 ], [ 226, 85 ], [ 147, 12 ], [ 114, -10 ] ], [ [ 378, 261 ], [ 398, 230 ], [ 516, 136 ], [ 684, 32 ], [ 762, 3 ], [ 920, 4 ], [ 947, 10 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 541 606 Q 587 616 638 624 Q 690 636 698 643 Q 708 650 703 660 Q 696 672 666 680 Q 645 686 543 656 L 492 642 Q 485 642 479 640 Q 407 624 322 618 Q 285 612 311 594 Q 350 573 427 585 Q 458 591 493 597 L 541 606 Z", "M 533 485 Q 537 546 541 606 L 543 656 Q 544 719 562 788 Q 565 798 546 813 Q 512 831 488 835 Q 472 838 464 830 Q 457 823 465 808 Q 486 778 486 758 Q 490 703 492 642 L 493 597 Q 493 540 492 477 C 492 447 531 455 533 485 Z", "M 520 446 Q 565 453 832 469 Q 851 470 857 479 Q 861 492 844 505 Q 792 541 750 533 Q 666 512 533 485 L 492 477 Q 491 478 489 477 Q 341 452 168 423 Q 146 420 163 403 Q 196 376 236 385 Q 363 427 479 440 L 520 446 Z", "M 533 154 Q 536 223 540 281 L 541 308 Q 542 377 547 399 Q 554 415 545 425 Q 532 438 520 446 C 496 464 469 468 479 440 Q 491 409 492 390 Q 493 368 492 182 C 492 152 532 124 533 154 Z", "M 540 281 Q 550 277 567 280 Q 660 298 729 309 Q 757 316 746 331 Q 733 347 701 352 Q 671 355 541 308 C 513 298 511 289 540 281 Z", "M 377 271 Q 384 284 395 297 Q 405 310 391 325 Q 349 359 322 357 Q 310 356 312 340 Q 319 213 181 66 Q 139 32 105 -8 Q 96 -23 112 -19 Q 172 -9 274 113 Q 281 123 360 244 L 377 271 Z", "M 360 244 Q 465 139 598 48 Q 617 36 639 22 Q 726 -36 758 -39 Q 777 -39 914 -13 Q 948 -6 956 6 Q 962 18 942 19 Q 861 34 811 38 Q 678 51 542 149 Q 536 152 533 154 L 492 182 Q 434 224 377 271 C 354 290 339 265 360 244 Z" ] } 7 strokes 走 Stroke Data (Trad) — JSON { "source": "animcjk", "medians": [ [ [ 306, 608 ], [ 402, 605 ], [ 701, 655 ] ], [ [ 467, 827 ], [ 522, 782 ], [ 506, 473 ] ], [ [ 163, 416 ], [ 216, 407 ], [ 759, 500 ], [ 854, 489 ] ], [ [ 486, 444 ], [ 520, 403 ], [ 521, 154 ] ], [ [ 541, 292 ], [ 744, 325 ] ], [ [ 320, 351 ], [ 353, 299 ], [ 298, 186 ], [ 213, 72 ], [ 106, -14 ] ], [ [ 372, 263 ], [ 521, 133 ], [ 686, 30 ], [ 761, 3 ], [ 951, 9 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M541,606C571,612 604,618 638,624C672,631 692,639 698,643C720,664 693,676 666,680C640,685 611,673 543,656C509,648 509,648 492,644C465,638 378,624 322,618C297,616 290,603 311,594C375,567 432,586 493,597C525,603 525,603 541,606Z", "M533,485C535,526 539,566 541,606C542,639 542,639 543,656C544,698 549,743 562,788C563,795 558,805 546,813C523,827 503,833 488,835C476,837 469,836 464,830C459,826 458,819 465,808C497,759 490,695 492,644C493,613 493,613 493,597C493,560 492,519 492,477C492,463 533,471 533,485Z", "M520,446C550,451 654,459 832,469C844,470 854,473 857,479C860,488 855,498 844,505C809,531 777,540 750,533C693,521 621,503 533,485C506,480 506,480 492,477C461,471 283,442 168,423C153,421 150,414 163,403C183,385 209,377 236,385C321,411 402,429 479,440C506,444 506,444 520,446Z", "M533,154C535,200 538,243 540,281C541,299 541,299 541,308C545,432 568,416 520,446C508,453 472,452 479,440C498,412 493,354 492,182C492,165 533,137 533,154Z", "M540,281C560,277 672,295 729,309C776,321 738,350 701,352C680,354 627,340 541,308C533,305 531,283 540,281Z", "M379,269C390,287 410,310 391,325C362,349 340,359 322,357C314,357 311,352 312,340C315,288 297,232 263,172C217,97 158,46 105,-8C96,-16 101,-23 112,-19C240,35 292,133 362,242C373,260 373,260 379,269Z", "M362,242C442,169 505,113 598,46C643,13 711,-38 758,-39C780,-39 822,-30 914,-13C936,-8 951,-2 956,6C960,14 954,17 942,19C886,28 843,33 811,38C716,53 631,88 533,154C506,173 506,173 492,182C452,210 417,238 379,269C371,277 353,248 362,242Z" ] } 7 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources × × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit Comment (required) Submit Edit Note: The form works without JavaScript but the tag/list editors are simplified.